Roadside Art

In my travels I have passed art work on the side of the road. Here are a few examples.


Whale Tails



Shiny Wheel



The Metal Curtain

Museum of Black WWII History

Pownal, VT - As I was driving toward Bennington, VT I noticed a sign for the Museum of Black WWII History, so I pulled in to the museum. As usual, I was a day late and a dollar short, the museum was closed for the day. But, I was able to get a few shots of the outside and a few pieces of memorabilia...if you can call it that.



As far as I can tell this is a projectile shot from a large gun on a ship.



These vehicles are in back of the building.

I hope to get back there one of these days. In the mean time, go to their website:

Museum of Black WWII History.

Ulysses Franklin "Frank" Grant

Williamstown, MA -This stone and plaque commemorates Frank Grant, known as the best African American player of the 19th century. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.



A close-up of the plaque.

Patchwork Bear

West Cornwall, CT - Never to pass a fiberglass animal I snapped a photo of this bear. I took the shot from the car so I did not get the name of the bear but the artist is Bianca Langner Griggs.






A closeup of the masked patchwork bear.

St. Pierre's Barber Shop

Williamstown, MA - This sign caught my eye, "Only 3 hours from Fenway Park", outside A barbershop. With a sign like that I would not go in for a haircut with a Yankee's tee shirt or you might get the van Gogh cut.

UPDATE:I stopped by here for a haircut when I was in Williamstown last week and he is in fact a Yankees fan. He just put that on the sign because a Park sounds better than a Stadium and it may not be safe to say "Yankee Stadium" in Red Sox country.



The outside of this very nice looking barber shop.

Vermont Confectionery

Bennington, VT - Never to miss a candy store I stopped at the Vermont Confectionery. I was on a photo trip up to Bennington and I just stumbled on this store. It is located on 1541 West Road Bennington VT not far from the Battle Monument.

Along with candy they have generous sized ice cream cones and cheese. I had ice cream for lunch...and I'm fat why?




Behind this chocolate counter is the owner.


A panoramic view of all the candy.


A rack of truffles and Vermonsters,


A plate of Vermonsters. I had one of these bad boys for dinner.

Their website has a great story of what a Vermonster is: Vermont Confectionary

Major General John Sedgwick's Gravestone

Cornwall Hollow, CT - This is the grave of Major General John Sedgwick. A few years back I took a photo of a monument for Major General John Sedgwick bt did not realize that his grave was just a few hundred feet away. I finally got back to the area and was able to get these photos.



A closeup of the stone.



John and some of his relatives.

Me and Ollie's Cafe Sign

Portsmouth, NH - This is another great sign from Portsmouth.

Death from Above

Portsmouth, NH - Along the streets of Portsmouth are these ice flows coming down and hanging over the sidewalks, some of these can be quite large. Here are a few that I came across. All I can say is I don't want to be under one of these if it lets loose. I guess it just adds to the excitement of visiting Portsmouth.





This one is hanging directly over a doorway


I hesitantly stepped under the hanging ice to take this photo. I think that pipe you see is about 4 to 5 inches and is not touching the ice. I really do not know what is holding up the ice.

Newsshop Sign

Portsmouth, NH - Portsmouth has a large number of great signs. This is the Newsshop Sign.


This is what really made the sign, the hand carved in the end of the mast.

Frosty Mug

Portsmouth, NH - This mug sign is outside the Portsmouth Brewery, covered in ice it is quite the frosty mug.

I WANT CANDY - REDUX

Portsmouth, NH - My wife and I stopped into "I Want Candy" a candy store that I posted about a few years ago. We made our purchases and went to the register to pay and I noticed that they expanded their inventory to "Insect Candy". Just in case you want a Scorpion or Cricket Sucker(lollipop to us New Englanders)this is the place to get them. The candy worms and crickets are sugar-free for you diabetics. Don't forget to pick up some Crickets in Salt n' Vinegar, Bacon and Cheese and Sour Cream and Onion. Crickets...the other Green Meat! (from Hotlix website).

The "I Want Candy" website is hard to find. Here it is, "I Want Candy"

The Caped Crusaders

This weekend my wife and I took a trip to Portsmouth, NH. I will post more photos this week. Keeping in the dog theme, here are two dogs that were being walking down the sidewalk. I immediately called them the,” Caped Crusaders”.

Bread Euphoria

Haydenville, MA - Behind the nondiscript entrance is Bread Euphoria. Anyone who reads my blog knows how I love bakeries. Inside is a small area where you can enjoy breakfast or lunch. On Fridays and Saturdays they make pizza. But the big draw for me is the bread. I picked up a loaf of Three-seed bread, a round loaf of whole wheat sourdough with millet, flax, and sunflower seeds; the sunflower seeds were on the top of the loaf also. As we like to say, "it had lots of debris in it"; just the way we like it. My wife and I made short work of that(full disclosure - mostly me). Bread Euphoria makes use of as many locally grown products and organic as they can; whenever possible they use locally grown wheat. Yes, you heard that right Massachusetts grown wheat(I will have to look into that).



This is a photo behind the counter, the woman to the left is, Geri Pollard. She and her husband Mark are the owners. Check out their website for more information. (on their website, doesn't Mark look like Penn Jillette from Penn and Teller?)